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Nearly 700 Chinese officials have been reprimanded for neglecting environmental protection, according to Xinhua, the state news agency.

The Nigerian government proposes to build a six-lane highway though a rainforest home to at-risk wildlife and thousands of people. Pressure is mounting to stop the project.

Fossil fuels and renewable energy coexist at Pump & Pantry, a Vermont gas station, deli and grocery store.

Gov. Matt Mead (R) said Wyoming doesn't have the money or laws to support the transfer of public lands to the state, while lawmakers look to amend the state constitution to accommodate such a move.

The National Guard will halt all community events in armories contaminated with lead in order to prevent exposure.

General Motors Co. has provided Chevrolet Bolt electric cars to three customers in Fremont, Calif., home to rival electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors Inc.'s production plant.

Uber will start trying out self-driving cars in San Francisco today, despite a potential violation of California Department of Motor Vehicles regulations.

Shareholders of Monsanto Co. approved a $57 billion takeover by Bayer AG yesterday in a deal that would combine two of the biggest agricultural companies in the world.

With President-elect Donald Trump promising an energy policy that embraces fossil fuels, his critics have a new tool to estimate the potential greenhouse gas emissions from oil, gas and coal reserves.

The Defense Department's top environmental lawyer and former key government negotiator in a settlement with BP PLC over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will join WilmerHale, the law firm announced.

EnerVest Ltd. filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Bureau of Land Management for denying drilling permits in the Uinta Basin.

Interior Department attorneys Monday night asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, a mining company attempting to renew its leases on federal lands to build a massive copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota.

Facing an incoming Trump administration that will likely be hostile to U.S. EPA regulations, three West Virginia environmental groups today asked a federal court to let them join the coal industry's lawsuit against the agency over job losses tied to regulations.

A buoy in the Atlantic Ocean recorded the highest ever buoy-detected wave in 2013, according to data just released by the World Meteorological Organization.

A new type of trawl net could help New England fishermen avoid catching species they don't want in their net, like the declining cod species.

Tree cutters in California are working hard to profit off the 102 million dead trees spanning the state's forests.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed removing federal protections from a tiny songbird found only in Texas, Oklahoma and Mexico.

The Fish and Wildlife Service today formally approved a revised rule that allows energy companies and others to obtain 30-year permits to kill, harm or disturb protected bald and golden eagles in exchange for committing to extensive conservation measures designed to reduce impacts.

Tribes along the Columbia River may finally see federal compensation for homes they lost due to dam construction in the 1930s.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this week set out to flip the script after having his pro-coal credentials impugned in Congress' hectic final days.

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